Translation of "Herren der verträge" in English

They therefore permanently remain the masters of the Treaties.

The Member States remain the masters of the Treaties.

This would undermine the current system whereby the Member States own the Treaties.

This and many other problem issues fundamentally question the role of the Member States of the European Union as "Masters of the Treaties" .

The Member States are the masters of the Treaties and their commitment to these Treaties is founded on their resolve to accept long-term membership; of course in the final analysis - according to doctrine at least - they can suspend this by an act to the contrary, an actus contrarius .

The same people who failed in Nice now want to be not only government and legislator and lords of the Treaties, but also the creators of Europe' s constitution!

It is the responsibility of the States, who are guardians of the Treaties, to establish this constraint by conferring legal status upon the Charter in the most appropriate way.

Because the Court made it very clear that following the Maastricht Treaty the Member States would remain “masters of the Treaties” and that Germany could even leave the monetary union if necessary.

In spite of the fundamental objections which such 'anti-Community' measures may provoke, there is, in the writer's view, no compelling reason why such amendments should not be valid when considered in the light of the general rules of international law.

At European level, the Council is not a second chamber as it would be in a federal state but the representative body of masters of the Treaties and accordingly, it is not constituted by proportional representation but according to the idea of the equality of states.

It follows from the continuing sovereignty of the people which is anchored in the Member States and from the circumstance that the states remain the masters of the Treaties, that - in any case until the formal foundation of a European federal state and the change of the subject of democratic legitimation which must be explicitly effected with it - that the member states may not be deprived of the right to review compliance with the integration programme.

The Member States would remain the “masters of the Treaties” and would not have granted the European Union Kompetenz-Kompetenz .

Because the Court made it very clear that following the Maastricht Treaty the Member States would remain "masters of the Treaties" and that Germany could even leave the monetary union if necessary.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Treaty of Nice is dead.

Mr President, the Ottawa Treaty is a corner-stone of multilateral disarmament policies.

This, Mr President, is the agreement that has been reached.

Yes, Mr Prodi, the treaty still needs to be improved.

Mr President, the Treaty of Amsterdam has been received with little enthusiasm by the public.

We must speak plainly, Mr Friedrich. The Treaty must be applied, and no arguments!

Mr President, the Treaty of Amsterdam includes a number of improvements to the existing Treaties.

Mr President, the Amsterdam Treaty sets new standards for health policy in Europe.

Mr Prodi said that the Treaty of Nice is not legally necessary for enlargement.

Mr President, what the Treaty of Nice essentially boils down to is more Union and less democracy.

Mr President, the Treaty of Nice represents both a failure and an opportunity.

Mr President, the Treaty establishing the European Community does not prohibit dominant positions, only the abuse of them.

Mr President, Lisbon is going to bring in many changes, but few will be as dramatic as those to be made to the budget procedure.

Mr President, the Treaty of Lisbon will bring big changes, not least in the area of the budget.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Lisbon Treaty will have an impact on the entire range of services of the European Parliament and the other institutions.

The EEC Treaty set up an area without borders for the single market in which the free circulation of goods was guaranteed.

In spite of its weaknesses, Mr President, the treaty is worthy of ratification, and the representatives of the governments of the fifteen Member States, during their meeting with our committee, although driven by different motivations, came to the same findings.

Mr President, the Amsterdam Treaty is a good starting-point for achieving a more democratic and open EU with freedom of movement and more fundamental rights for our citizens and a stronger social dimension.

As you know, Mr Andersson, the Treaty of Amsterdam clearly specifies that there must be a European body competent in this area, but we must also take subsidiarity into account as well as the autonomy of the world of sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Treaty of Lisbon includes energy as a shared responsibility and lays down that one of the EU's energy policy objectives will be to guarantee the security of energy supplies.

Mr President, the Lisbon Treaty provides for an intensification of the neoliberal economic agenda that has caused economic disaster throughout Europe with 21 million unemployed, an intensification of militarisation and the armaments industry, and more pressure for privatisation.

Mr President, Commissioner, since the Treaty of Lisbon came into force, we have had new powers that we wish henceforth to see respected.

Madam President, do you think, Commissioner, that the Lisbon Treaty is the greatest political achievement for our House?

Mr President, the Amsterdam Treaty certainly provides new tools for improving equality, and must be regarded as a gain for women in general.